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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1940
Page
1
Readable portions show prices for items sold in dozens. An apparent price table lists 15 cents per item or 25 to 35 cents per dozen with multiple quantity lines unreadable but suggesting bulk sale options. Located within a historical newspaper fragment.
The Westoron town region eyes a seven state expansion of airmail pickup service. The House in Washington passed a bill permitting the Civil Aeronautics Authority to grant licenses for non stop service after a GA A examiner deemed the system experimental. The post office reported efficient operations in West Virginia Ohio and Pennsylvania.
A Corry hospital effort to fund an iron lung grows as pledges near 1500 and a donor offers 100 toward the device. The committee led by Richard Rossbacher will conduct quiet canvassing through next week, aiming to broaden support from clubs, industries, and individuals. Groups such as Corry Firemen’s Benefit Association, Italian American Club, Kiwanis and Elks plan contributions, with total cost about 1500 and the device seen as crucial protection in potential poliomyelitis outbreaks and other respiratory needs.
Corry faced an unseasonable summer cold wave with temperatures dipping to 38 last night near the Howard Tatinery on the eastern outskirts. In the business district thermometers were in the low forties for the third straight morning, with a forecast of partly cloudy skies and rising temperatures over the weekend offering relief.
The Washington county grand jury, in recess, is expected to conclude its slot machine investigation next week and begin a new phase on conditions under District Attorney James C. Bane. Special Prosecutor Roy B. Hicks will guide the expanded inquiry but did not reveal specifics. A presentment to the court was anticipated at the end of the slot machine probe.
Delegates to a Fenhays Vallin Veterans of Wars convention in June elect officers and plan a parade with more than 6 000 marchers. The event features numerous bands drum corps and novelty units with about 43 500 people observed in the area last night as forty musical and drill teams competed.
Colorful and outspoken Major General Smedley D. Butler, retired head of the United States Marine Corps, died in the Naval Hospital in Philadelphia after months of illness.
After a month with daylight saving time the city is expected to approve the change. Residents and store owners report schedule adjustments and most support the extra hour of daylight benefiting gardeners retailers and motorists. A street canvass finds nine in ten in favor, with post office operations aligning to eastern time.
North Corry saw a serious automobile collision last evening involving two vehicles. J. Felton of Towanda driven Packard sedan struck Andrew Sventek of R D 4 in a Ford coupe at North Center street and Columbus avenue, overturning near the Emblem oil station pumps. Both cars were badly damaged and one driver failed to notice a signal light as he approached the intersection.
Democratic Luciatloniata and Republicans plan a full-dress debate in the Senate to examine President Roosevelt's foreign policy after surprise cabinet appointments are sent to the Senate for confirmation. The clash signals a high-stakes political confrontation this week.
Fragmentary 1940s style column criticizes U S defense spending versus social security relief. Mentions balancing the budget, New Deal expenditures, and the need to cut defense to fund social programs while recalling European wartime strategy remarks. References Amurien and hypothetical figures in a rhetorical critique.
Fragmentary text discusses democracy, privilege, and choices between indulgence and discipline. It mentions scarce wear, security, and a world where nonaffordance shapes power. The passage remains unclear with damaged phrases and invented terms.
The text shows a garbled editorial from the CORRY EVENING JOURNAL discussing labor, politics, and defense. It references the 8 hour day, investor fiberest, and middle class crush, then shifts to Allied conduct and American defense needs. It cites England, Germany, and the United States in wartime restraint arguments and warns against phony defense policies.
Fragmented text notes defense focus and possible U S readiness against Japan. Mentions Lake arena and tentative plans, with page reference to continue on 3b.
Philadelphia June 22 Forty eight hours before the convention meets Republican leaders face a choice between a deal or a deadlock among Dewey Taft and Wendell Willkie. None of the three could command a majority on early ballots. Subcommittee dissension over the foreign relations plank and Wilkie’s rising campaign complicate the party’s path ahead.
Edward E. Frey, 10, a former Chautauqua county contractor at Lakewood, N C, is held in Oklahoma City on counterfeiting charges. Federal agents report a trail from Buffalo to Indianapolis and finally to Oklahoma City, with bail set at 25 000.
Major General Smedley Arlington Butler, 68, famed as the Fighting Quaker and a prominent anti intervention voice, dies in Naval Hospital Philadelphia after years of abdominal illness. He won high honors and twice earned the Congressional Medal for bravery, later declining it. He is survived by his wife, daughter Mrs John Wehle, and three sons Smedley Jr., Thames Richard, and a brother Samuel.
June 22 a plane factory in Philadelphia is guarded after the discovery of an apparent cyanide plot and a plan to do away with Fort Col Tenter A Raimwood Ratt, linked to prominent English activities among certain American properties.
New York dispatch reports a London short wave broadcast citing DNB that the French plenipotentiaries, with convoyed news from Compiegne, resumed armistice negotiations at Compiegne at 10:30 a.m. after French envoys returned from Paris. Cairo reports its first air raid alert at 1:40 a.m. anti aircraft guns opened at 2:20 a.m. with all clear at 5 a.m. No planes were sighted.
John H Beckerink, a 73 year old resident of Clymer, was found hanging in his barn yesterday. Coroner Samuel Ty Mowers of Jamestown ruled suicide. He had been in poor health for a year and was a longtime drayman. The body was found by his wife Helen, with surviving daughters Mrs Clymer Poster of Clymer and Mrs J P Fores of Homburg and a stepson Burl Technikte of French Creek. Funeral arrangements were set for Monday at the Glyster funeral home.
The W T Grant Company plans closing its Corry store on Saturday July 4 after eleven years in the mercantile district. Temporary relief manager W J Courhenow will oversee operations during the vacation period and awaits further instructions from the company.
Harrisburg report states Ray Gruber a 51 year old assistant cashier at Hummelstown National Bank is convalescing after being wounded by a lone bandit who robbed the bank of 3410. Gruber, struck by a sawed-off shotgun, was treated at Harrisburg Hospital and shows signs of recovery. Police pursued the robber yesterday.
In Bordeaux French ministers meet at 8:30 am after a long adjournment to study the German armistice terms. Marshal Petain, aged 84, leads the council with Weygand and other ministers as Paris weighs humiliating peace against continued war, with crucial details and Italy’s role unclear.
Berlin area bombed with casualties as German forces claim Brittany ports Saint Malo and L’Orient captured and 200000 prisoners taken in Lorraine and Vosges. Luftwaffe raids injure seven in Berlin outskirts while Cologne and Le Havre reports of subs and damaged homes surface amid armistice talks.
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